“This one is an Xmas present for one of our sons. It will supplement another Pimoroni kit.
I already have one of these that I use as another NAS server to serve videos / photos etc to a Pi 3 downstairs running KODI. I find them really useful as building blocks for specific uses.”
“The RPi4 does the jobs for which I bought it (as a media server in the day and a backup server at night) well, although the CPU does get hot under load, as many have reported. Some form of cooling solution seems mandatory (I've used the fan SHIM) if you want to do anything serious with the device without the device throttling back its CPU to self-protect. Something - config, hardware or OS - I haven't worked out what yet - causes occasional kernel panics when reading a LUKS-encrypted external HD over USB2. The RPi4 is not just entertaining (if you're a bit of an IT nerd like me) but it's powerful enough to be genuinely useful too.”
